Listed below are the nominees chosen by the Nominating Panel of the 18th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. A special TEC Awards nominees supplement and voting ballot will appear in subscriber copies of the August issue of Mix. Please note that in the Outstanding Creative Achievement category, significant changes have been made to reflect contributions made to individual projects. Visit www.tecawards.org for detailed credit listings for creative nominees.
The TEC Awards will be held Monday, October 7, 2002, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. For more information, contact Karen Dunn at 925/939-6149, KarenTEC@aol.com or visit www.tecawards.org.
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Equi=Tech ET SWQ Balanced Power Cabinet System
Future Sonics EM3 Universal Earphones
Gold Line/PMI TK51 5.1 Audio Toolkit DVD
Hosa PBP-362 Lightpipe Digital Patchbay
Millennia Media LPE-2 Archival Playback Environment
Sennheiser HD280 Pro Headphones
DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Apogee Electronics AD-16/DA-16
Genex GXA8/GXD8
Lynx Studio Technology Lynx Two
MOTU 896
Midiman/M-Audio USB Audiosport Quattro
Swissonic AD8
AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Bryston 6B-ST
Crown CTs Multichannel
Hot House Two Thousand “B”
QSC CX-168
Quested AP500
MIC PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
AMS Neve Modular I/O System Quad
Aphex Model 207
Crane Song Spider
George Massenburg Labs 2020
Groove Tubes VIPRE
Universal Audio 2-610
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/SOUND REINFORCEMENT
AKG C900
Countryman E6
DPA 4066
Sennheiser MKE-2 Gold-EW
Shure Beta 98H/C
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/STUDIO
AKG C451-B
Audio-Technica AT3035
BLUE Kiwi
Neumann M150 Tube
Royer R122
Soundelux E47
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Audio-Technica Freeway Series
Electro-Voice RE-1
Mipro ACT 707 Series
Sennheiser SK 5012
Shure ULX
Sony WRT-847B/WRR-862B
SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY
EAW KF760
Electro-Voice QRx 153/75
Funktion One Resolution 5
JBL MPro MP418SP Crown-Powered Subwoofer
Meyer M3D Line Array
Nexo GEO
STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
ADAM S3-A
Blue Sky System One
Dynaudio Acoustics AIR 6
Earthworks Sigma 6.2
KRK V4
Mackie HR-624
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY
Akai MPC 4000
Korg Karma
Nord Lead 3
Propellerhead Software Reason
Steinberg HALion
Yamaha Motif
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/HARDWARE
Antares Vocal Producer
Eventide Eclipse
Kurzweil KSP-8
Lexicon MPX200
TC Electronic VoicePrismPlus
Yamaha SREV1
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/SOFTWARE
Ableton Live
AudioEase Altiverb
Cycling ’74 Max4/MSP2
McDSP Analog Channel
Universal Audio Powered Plug-Ins
Waves Restoration Bundle
RECORDING DEVICES
Alesis ADAT HD24
ATR Service Aria Reference Tape Electronics
Fostex D2424
Mackie Designs MDR24/96
Nagra V
Tascam DSD-98
WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Digidesign Pro Tools HD
Emagic Logic Audio 5
Fairlight DREAM Satellite
MOTU Digital Performer 3.0
Roland VS2480HD
Sonic Solutions DVD-Audio Creator
SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Crest XR20
InnovaSon Compact Live
Midas Venice
Shure AuxPander
Soundcraft MH4
TL Audio M-3
SMALL-FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Behringer DDX 3216
Emagic Logic Control
Event Ezbus
Soundcraft Spirit M Series
Tascam DM-24
TL Audio M-3
LARGE-FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
AMS-Neve Libra Live Series II
Euphonix System 5B
Harrison TVD
Soundtracs D4
SSL MT Production (MTP)
Trident 80/5.1
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
STUDIO PROJECT DESIGN
Award goes to Studio Architect, Acoustician and Studio Owner
Cherokee Studio 2, Los Angeles
Glenwood Place Recording, Burbank, Calif.
PatchWerk Recordings, Atlanta
Right Track Studio A509, New York City
Sterling Sound — Chelsea, New York City
TOUR PRODUCTION
Award goes to Tour Company, FOH Engineer and Monitor Engineer
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dave Matthews Band
Janet Jackson
Madonna
U2
REMOTE PRODUCTION/RECORDING OR BROADCAST
Award goes to Remote Facility, Remote Engineer, Production Mixer and Music Mixer
2002 Grammy Awards, CBS
America — A Tribute to Heroes, all networks
The Concert for New York City, VH-1
Madonna Drowned World Tour, HBO
Wall to Wall Miles, NPR
FILM SOUND PRODUCTION
Award goes to Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Re-recording Mixer, Production Sound Mixer, Score Mixer and Audio Post Facility
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Pearl Harbor
Shrek
TELEVISION SOUND PRODUCTION
Award goes to Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Re-recording Mixer, Production Mixer, Score Mixer and Audio Post Facility
Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Six Feet Under, HBO
The Sopranos, HBO
United We Stand, ABC
RECORD PRODUCTION/SINGLE
Award goes to Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Studio, Mastering Engineer and Mastering Facility
“Drops of Jupiter”: Drops of Jupiter, Train, Sony Music Entertainment
“Fallin’”: Songs in A Minor, Alicia Keys, J Records, Arista Records
“Jaded”: Just Push Play, Aerosmith, Sony Music Entertainment
“Lady Marmalade”: Soundtrack for Moulin Rouge, Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink, 20th Century Fox/Interscope Records
“The Space Between”: Space Between, Dave Matthews Band, BMG Entertainment
RECORD PRODUCTION/ALBUM
Award goes to Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Studio, Mastering Engineer and Mastering Facility
Acoustic Soul, India.Arie, Motown Record Company
Drops of Jupiter, Train, Sony Music Entertainment
Lateralus, Tool, Volcano Entertainment II, LLC
The Look of Love, Diana Krall, The Verve Music Group, a division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Songs in A Minor, Alicia Keys, J Records, Arista Records
HALL OF FAME
Geoff Emerick
LES PAUL AWARD
Robbie Robertson